Meaning & use
burgeon
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to grow or increase rapidly, or to begin to flourish
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The city's tech industry began to burgeon after the new university opened.
Wildflowers burgeoned across the hillside after weeks of spring rain.
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Often used as the adjective 'burgeoning' (a burgeoning economy, a burgeoning friendship) to describe something in an early, fast-growing stage.
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